Lamp-shade holder



L. YENTIS ET AL LAMP SHADE HOLDER Filed April m, 1924 ATTORNEY PatentedMay 12, 1925.

UNITED STATES LOUIS YENTIS AND WILLIAM LANGE, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

LAMP-SHADE HOLDER.

Application filed April 14, 1924. Serial No. 706,443.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, LouisYnn'ris and WILLIAM LANGE, citizens,respectively, of the United States and Germany, residing in New Yorkcity, county of New York, borough of Manhattan, and State of New York,have invented new and useful Improvements in Lamp-Shade Holders, ofwhich the following is a full, clear, and exact specification.

Our invention relates to lamp shade holders and refers particularly toshade holders of a revoluble, or folding character.

Lamp shade holders suitable for use with electric bulb standardscomprise a plurality of uprights attached to the lamp standards andcapable of carrying a lamp shade.

Devices of this character are, therefore, somewhat bulky when attachedto the lamp standard and because of their light construc tion areusually liable to be bent, or broken, during shipment unless packed withexceptional care.

In the employment of electric light bulbs careful wiring with the bulbsocket is necessary and lamp shades of a permanent and unfoldablecharacter interfere with the ready and careful wiring of the bulbsocket, be-

cause the uprights of the holder prevent, or

interfere with, an easy approach to the lamp socket.

This objection is emphasized by the fact that the shade holder isusually fixedly attached to the lamp standard by the socket it self, andhence, the latter must be wired while the holder is in position.

The device of our invention overcomes all of the described, and other,objectionable features and presents a means whereby an effective andefficient lamp shade holder may be employed and fixedly attached to alamp standard without interference with the easy and proper wiring ofthe lamp socket.

Our device also possesses the valuable feature of occupying but littlespace in packing, coupled with practical protection from injury anddamage during shipment.

A consideration of our specification and the accompanying drawings willexplain and indicate the valuable attributes of the device of ourinvention.

In the accompanying drawings, illustrating the device of our invention,similar parts are designated by similar numerals.

Figure 1 is a plan view of our device in operative position, partly insection for clearness of description. 1

Figure 2 is a plan View of Figure 1.in folded position.

Figure 3 is a perspective view of shade holder of Figure 1.

Figure 4 is a perspective view of the of Figure 1.

Figure 5 is a broken vertical section 'of a modification of our device.

The particular form of the device of our invention, illustrated inFigures 1, 2, 3 and 4, comprises a base 10 having'the two upwardlyextended end members 11, 11. Each end member 11 has a verticallyelongated opening 12. The upper portion ofeach end member 11 has twooutwardly extended wings 13, 13. The base 10 has a threaded opening 1.4through which the base 15 of the lamp socket 16 can be threaded into acorresponding opening in the top of the standardlY, thus firmlypositioning the base member thereto.

The shade frame 1.8, formed so as to extend around the lamp 19, has twoinwardly extended ends 20, 20, each having a reduced portion 21 and aterminal member 22.

The terminals 22, 22 are of such size and shape as to allow them to beintroduced through the openings 12, 12 when the shade holder 18 is in ahorizontal position, but being capable of passage therethrough when theshade holder is in vertical position.

The shade holder, therefore, can be affixed to the base ends 11, 11 bysuch horizontal introduction followed by a vertical inclination of theholder.

The shade support 18 is made of steel, or some other resilient material,so that when it is in vertical position it will be placed between thewings 13, 18 and thus held in position from which it is removable byrevolution only by the exertion of sufficient pressure to spring it outof the recess formed by the wings 13, 13,

The shade holder 18 carries the upwardly extended threaded member 23capable of receiving a lamp shade.

We prefer to have the relationship between the standard 17 and the shadesupport 18 of such a character as to allow the placement of the latterfree from abutment with the surface upon which the standard 17 restswhen the shade support is in its utmost the base

lamp socket and that it adapts itseli particularly to a minimum amountof space for packing purposes, coupled, with safety from breakage. A

The modification of our device, illustrated E gane s similar te hat bov(19 scribed with the exception that. the shade support 18 is pivotallyattached to the base ends 11 at 24, 24, thus allowing, revolutionwithout disengagement,

We do notlimit ourselves to the partic ular size, shape, numberelr arangement of parts, as shown and described as theseare given simply as;a means fo c eanly d fini g our invention.

What weselaim is l. lnalamp shadeholder, in combina ion, a,basecapableocfi filament. to a lamp standard, oppositelyopposedupwardlly extended ends tosaid base, a locking means carried bythe ends and a Shade. support pivotal'ly carried said ends capable ofremoval from joins ture with the base endswhen t e upport iS in, ahorizontal position and capable, of resilient placement, within saidlocking means, when it isein vertical position,

2. In a la pshade older, in mbination,

a base capable of fixment to a lamp standand, opposed upwardly extendedends to said base, each end} haying; a vertically elongated openingtherein, a locking means carried by each end and a shade support havingelements capable of placement through the end openings when the supportis in a horizontal' 'position but incapable of placement there t h,r,oug;h when the support is in a vertical position, said support beingcapable of resilient placement withinthe locking means when it is invertical position.

3. a, lamp shade hglder, in combination, base having, an openin ftherein capable of, receiving n -leetri ulg ek t tachi'n the base toalamp support, opposed ant? 1y extended ends to,s a1d base, each, endvhav; ing a vertically elongated opening. therein, a plurality ofoutwardly extended spaced wings carried by each'end and a shade sup;port the lower free ends oiflwhic hare capaof passage, inwardly th oughthe end awn ng h p r in Q iZQI tel position and incapable .oi removaltherefrom wlien the suppor'tis in vertical position, the support beingcapableiof resilient placement betweenthe end wings locking the supportin averticalpositiorn i i Signed at New. York city in theQQ-su ty .OfNewrk. n t t Qf'Ni York this l-day Q AP L 2v r LOUI YEN IS- WILLIAM LAN

